We had timed it really well, we left right before Owen was ready for a nap. He slept most of the way, and then we kept him busy with a bottle and toys. When we arrived out today’s destination, Portland Children’s Museum, he was ready to get out of the car.

Why is it called a museum?

Michele’s brother, Charles, and his family also came along

Charles

Karmaryn

Tammy

and Johnny

This place was really cool, for both kids and Michele and I. This is sums up nicely why I liked the place so much:

Science rules!

Prediction is right up there with "hypothesis" :)

There were a lot of cool things for all of us to play with, like ambulances

Owen drives well

doctors offices (I felt right at home)

Owen registering the wounded

a fishtank Owen really liked

You can tune a file system, but you cannot tune a fish

a water-table that I liked a lot

Caralyne raced a fish

And best of all, I got my first Bear picture (not polar though)

Rar Rar she-bear!

All the photos for the day can be found here:
http://www.m87-blackhole.org/photos/2009-05-portland/